Poltava (Ukraine)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
פולטבה (אוקראינה)
Name (Latin)
Poltava (Ukraine)
Name (Cyrilic)
Полтава (Україна)
Other forms of name
Ltava (Ukraine)
Pultava (Ukraine)
Pultowa (Ukraine)
nnaa Poltava
Oltava (Ukraine)
Połtawa (Ukraine)
פולטאוה (אוקראינה)
פאלאטאווא (אוקראינה)
פאלטאווא (אוקראינה)
פולטוב (אוקראינה)
פולטוה (אוקראינה)
פולטאבה (אוקראינה)
Coordinates
037.2391670 037.2709419 049.5623110 049.5510790 (gooearth )
Associated country
Ukraine
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 147741540
Wikidata: Q156747
Library of congress: n 80025730
Sources of Information
  • BGN gaz., USSR:(Poltava, POPL: 49°35ʹN, 36°34ʹE)
  • Poltava; archaeological evidence dates the city from the 8th to the 9th century, although the first documentary reference is from 1174, when it was variously known as Oltava or Ltava ( (Britannica, online, August 30, 2022) )
  • Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.:v. 8, p. 490 (Poltava administrative center of Poltavsʹka oblastʹ; 1st named Ltava in 1174 [no publs. in LC data base]; was not called Poltava until 15th cent.; after 1569 under Polish rule until 1654 when it became part of Russian Empire; site of 1709 battle with Swedes; from 1802 was admin. center of Poltavsʹka hubernii︠a︡)
  • Serczyk, W.A. Połtawa 1709, 1982:t.p. (Połtawa)
  • SSSR, admin.-territ. delenie, 1977:p. 319 (Poltava, first mentioned in chronicles of 1174)
  • Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl.:v. 8, p. 490 (Poltava administrative center of Poltavsʹka oblastʹ; 1st named Ltava in 1174 [no publs. in LC data base]; was not called Poltava until 15th cent.; after 1569 under Polish rule until 1654 when it became partof Russian Empire; site of 1709 battle with Swedes; from 1802 was admin. center of Poltavsʹka hubernii︠a︡)
  • Ukraïna [MAP] 1992:(Poltava)
  • BGN gaz., USSR:(Poltava, POPL: 49p0s 35ʹ N., 36p0s 34ʹ E.)